I did NOT take before pics. I was being retarded. BUT if you can picture for a min. a small boring brown suitcase sitting in the thrift store tagged at 99 cents with some weird velvet insides... then you have my before.

This is my after!

What I did was first paint it a lovely green color using 2 shades of limeish green. Then I added some orange, and speckled the whole thing with brown and the three other colors.

Second, I went through my collection of images to use for art that I got from thrift store books and other places and picked out some choice pieces and Mod Podged them on.

Third, I went through my scraps of blue monster fur I used to make a cat and went to town on the insides.

I'm jealous of all of you crafty people who find suitcases and other fun containers. My local thrift stores seem to be out of these and I would love to have some for moving and storage in what's bound to be a small apartment.

I'm jealous of all of you crafty people who find suitcases and other fun containers. My local thrift stores seem to be out of these and I would love to have some for moving and storage in what's bound to be a small apartment.

Not only have I gotten a ton at thrift stores, but we went to an auction a few weeks ago, and got a lot for a buck, all in near mint condition, a suitcase, a smaller one and the cosmetics case. Added bonus, we found the key inside. We got those and four boxes full of misc. pieces for a buck, can't beat that.

ETA: Try checking out local auctions as well, you might get lucky!

« Last Edit: June 08, 2007 08:39:16 PM by RobertaMac - Reason: To be a little more helpful »

I'm jealous of all of you crafty people who find suitcases and other fun containers. My local thrift stores seem to be out of these and I would love to have some for moving and storage in what's bound to be a small apartment.

Dude, I totally lucked out on finding this. It was on clearance too. They normally don't have things this cool at my thrift store.

Saran wrapping...A lot of times when you are traveling internationally you can have your luggage "wrapped" in really big rolls of plastic wrap-like movers use. Of course now they always need to have access to open for illegal stuff.I have painted old luggage that I wasn't so attached to and sent it through the baggage hold. It's easy to see which one is yours

Love it!! My son paints cars, and I had him paint a suitcase hot pink with metallic sparkles in the overcoat gloss. I haven't lined it yet, but I have some hot pink felt I was going to use. I really like your furry lining!! What did you attach your lining with? spray adhesive?? You did a great job on the whole suitcase!!

I find suitcases all the time at yard sales. I must have 7-8 right now.

looks great! the outside paintings are fabulous but what really makes this case is the monster fur insides! you think you're getting a pretty cool case and then you open it...and it awesome on a whole new level!

i randomly found this following a thread....it's amazing! i'm most impressed by the wonderful perverseness of the collage images...extremely random!!

i have a couple old luggage pieces, and have not painted because i didn't think it would stick? did you use any kind of primer?

Wow thanks for posting!!

I did not use any sort of primer, just several layers of paint, and then I coated it with a clear coat afterwards. If you're not using it all the time, the paint should be fine. You could use gesso first tho, if you are unsure if it will stay.